The Skeleton Dance

1929 "The greatest talking picture novelty ever screened! -- A laugh riot from start to finish! A comically clever cartoon classic with music, sound, and original effects"
7.6| 0h5m| NR| en
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The clock strikes midnight, the bats fly from the belfry, a dog howls at the full moon, and two black cats fight in the cemetery: a perfect time for four skeletons to come out and dance a bit.

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Also starring Carl W. Stalling

Reviews

AnhartLinkin This story has more twists and turns than a second-rate soap opera.
Tymon Sutton The acting is good, and the firecracker script has some excellent ideas.
Mathilde the Guild Although I seem to have had higher expectations than I thought, the movie is super entertaining.
Caryl It is a whirlwind of delight --- attractive actors, stunning couture, spectacular sets and outrageous parties. It's a feast for the eyes. But what really makes this dramedy work is the acting.
OllieSuave-007 This is the first of Walt Disney's Silly Symphony cartoons, featuring four skeletons dancing throughout the night in a cemetery in delightful and characteristic fashion.The black and white animation was great and the music was very catchy and harmonic, setting the right mood for a creepy little cartoon and giving off sound effects that matches the animated action.The cartoon has just plenty of Halloween related things, from black cats to bats, from owls to creepy looking trees, and from headstones to, of course, skeletons. Fun stuff here! Grade A
Lee Eisenberg The first Silly Symphony ever might also be called the first music video ever. "The Skeleton Dance" features a group of skeletons who emerge from their graves and make merry. On-screen sound was still in its relative infancy in 1929, and so you can imagine how this stuff must have looked to moviegoers back then! My favorite scene was always the part where one skeleton uses another as a xylophone (although at the end of the scene the first skeleton turns out to be kind of a jerk). It's some pretty cool stuff, and I'm even saying that as someone who doesn't tend to think too highly of Disney's output. It's definitely a fun cartoon.
Mightyzebra This is a very old cartoon, only one year older than the first Mickey Mouse cartoon. It was made with sound, but not colour (the first colour cartoon would not appear for roughly three more years). I personally quite like this cartoon, although it is surprisingly disturbing. Walt Disney seemed happy enough producing spooky cartoons like this. I like the music, the animation and the theme of the episode is quite clever and the makers present it well. In this short, a bunch of skeletons dance around in fun ways, with a slight Disney touch. I note that at the beginning, to put you in the mood of the short, there are a few animals beside a graveyard such as an owl and two cats. Personally I think these animals at the beginning are more spooky than the skeletons, who are supposed (as it seems) to be the spookiest thing in the cartoon. I recommend this to people who like weird and spooky Halloween cartoons and to people who are interested in finding out about historical cartoons. Enjoy! :-)P.S ***WARNING***: Anyone under the age of 12 watching this are very likely to be scared stiff, as well as people who are scared by anything, really.7 and a half out of ten.
Robert Reynolds This is the first of the Silly Symphonies series of cartoons that Dsney did and it is absolutely marvelous! Ub Iwerks directed and it is one of the best Disney shorts they ever made. After more than 70 years it still holds up well and has the most remarkable use of shadows I've ever seen in my life. Great cartoon and very highly recommended.